Playing the Academic Game: Explicit rules to level the playing field

By Bryn Williams-Jones

Book Id: WPLBN0100750553
Format Type: PDF (eBook)
File Size: 9.85 MB.
Reproduction Date: 2/4/2025

Title:	Playing the Academic Game: Explicit rules to level the playing field
Author:	Bryn Williams-Jones
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Education
Collections:	Authors Community, Education
Historic Publication Date:	2025
Publisher:	BrynStorming

Member Page:	Bryn Williams-Jones
Citation APA MLA Chicago Williams-Jones, B. (2025). Playing the Academic Game. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
“Playing the Academic Game” is the culmination of two years of weekly posts on the BrynStorming blog by Bryn Williams-Jones, professor of bioethics in the School of Public Health at the Université de Montréal. As an ethicist long interested by questions of justice, an important motivator for this project has been Williams-Jones’ need to respond to the injustices encountered in academia. Many students and researchers fail in their studies or career progression not because they don’t have the intellectual abilities or drive, but simply because they don’t know what’s expected of them or how to best present themselves in a competitive environment. That is, they don’t know “the rules of the game,” and this isn’t fair, because the rules are rarely made explicit. In this book, which is organized into 5 major sections – The Academic Career Path, Professional Identity, University Life, Productivity and Creativity, and Multiple Responsibilities and Mental Health – Williams-Jones shares 30 years of experience in academia to make explicit the often-implicit norms and rules of academic life, so that all who wish to can fairly play the academic game.

Summary
A compilation of posts from the BrynStorming blog that make explicit the implicit norms and rules of academia. Structured in 5 major sections, each post addresses a particular topic or issue, is anchored in the personal experiences of the author, and provides practical suggestions so that all can compete fairly in the academic game.

Table of Contents
1. The Academic Career Path 2. Professional Identity 3. University Life 4. Productivity and Creativity 5. Multiple Responsibilities and Mental Health